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Ernest
Pederson, 89
Plummer
- Ernest Pederson, 89, died Saturday, May 26, 2001
at Northwest Medical Center in Thief River
Falls.
Funeral
services were held at 2 
p.m.
on Tuesday, May 29, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in
Plummer with Rev. Robert Paulson officiating. Linda
Olson was the organist. Casketbearers included Herb
Walter, Raymond Walter, Roger Walter, Jim Seibel,
Gary Pederson, Ronnie Pederson and Harold Marjamma.
Military honors were accorded by the Plummer
American Legion Post. Interment was in Evergreen
Cemetery near Red Lake Falls with Johnson Funeral
Service of Red Lake Falls in charge of the
arrangements.
Ernest
Kermit Pederson was born on November 18, 1911 at
Munich, N.D., the son of Edward and Carrie (Strom)
Pederson. When he was young, Ernest moved with his
family to Bemidji where he graduated from Bemidji
High School in 1931.
On
June 5, 1940, he was united in marriage to Dorothy
Luxemburg at Bemidji. He was employed at the
Bemidji Boat Factory for four years. Ernest entered
the United States Army on Feburary 2, 1944 during
World War II. He departed for overseas on May 27,
1945 and served as carpenter with the 1631st
Engineer Construction Battalion. Following his
honorable discharge on May 18, 1946, he returned to
Terrebonne where the couple farmed. In 1960, Ernest
and Dorothy moved to Plummer where they had since
resided. He worked for Detroiter Homes in Red Lake
Falls for many years.
Ernie
was active in the Plummer community, serving as
chairman of the Plummer Farmers Union Local, a 4-H
leader and on the township board. He served as
mayor and worked as a policeman, was commander of
the Plummer American Legion for six years, served
as secretary and treasurer of Senior Citizens
Housing. Ernie was a member of the Commercial Club
and at church, served on the church council as
president. He was union president for the employees
of Detroiter Mobile Homes, president of the
Northwest Regional Development Board on Aging and
was chairman of Lutheran Social Services meals
program. Ernest was recognized for his many
contributions when he was named a Red Lake County
Senior Citizen of the Year.
Survivors
include his wife, Dorothy Pederson of Thief River
Falls; four daughters, Beverly (Harold) Waldal,
Linda (Michael) King and Donna (Ken) Wisniewski,
all of Milwaukee, Wisc. and Judy (Wally) Nyland of
Seattle, Wash.; a son, Richard (Debbie) Pederson of
Milwaukee, Wisc.; six grandchildren; a
great-grandson; a sister, Alvina Knauer of Bemidji;
a brother, Hilmer Pederson of Bemidji; and other
relatives.
Ernest
was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers,
Leonard Pederson and Oscar Pederson; and two
sisters, Clara Titus and Hilda Pederson.
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